Example sentences of "has quite [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particular film has quite a strong political statement to make , which is something that I 'm not really known for . |
| 2 | Erm number one strength Alan erm although he does n't see to eye T eye eye to eye with er a lot of the city institutions and a lot of the shareholders erm he he does know his business erm and he has quite a strong character , very forceful and . |
| 3 | To me , the smell is not unlike fresh human ‘ BO ’ , but a bit sweeter ; it also has quite a peppery hint to it and a touch of wood smoke . |
| 4 | This neglected village has not done much to draw attention to its grand literary connections , though it has quite a prepossessing seventeenth-century church with a delightful octagonal tower and a two-storey cloister . |
| 5 | Should the discussion stray just once from generic to specific advice , however casually ( ‘ the Borsetshire Union has quite a good deal on offer at the moment ’ ) , investment business has been carried out . |
| 6 | I 'm not really sure how I became friends with the boy , but he also has quite a good personality , + I can have a good laugh with him . |
| 7 | ’ I think he has quite a genuine scientific interest in how promotions may be engineered . |
| 8 | Whatever we may think of Oliphant 's views , we have to assume there would be little point in attacks on [ h ] -dropping by the educated elite unless it was highly salient and widespread , and it is reasonable to assume for these reasons that it probably has quite a long history in the language . |
| 9 | Maria has quite a long job . |
| 10 | The East Sussex region is interesting because it has a very high retired population and it also has quite a long of young people , particularly in the Brighton area , and a relatively small workforce , rather low in industry , certainly in the primary industries , erm service occupations are perhaps almost the mainstay of the local populace — now how would an area such as that rate in your chart as to needs ? |
| 11 | Main Picture : The grand piano lends a dramatic air to the dining room which has quite a modern look with its black chairs and stark glass table . |
| 12 | It is necessary to rely on the accounts published since the embargo on absolute secrecy was lifted in 1977 , and there seems little advantage in repeating here what has been told so well already ; and , after all , this book has quite a different purpose . |
| 13 | But once one assumes that accumulation is taking place — and Marx asserts that this is the chief aim of capitalism — then the proportion of surplus-value which is unproductively consumed has quite a different significance . |
| 14 | Professor Uitsmijter has quite a deft touch in translation . |
| 15 | The defendant who accidentally offends a passer-by or the neighbour has quite a heavy burden to discharge , having to show that he was not negligent in acting as he did . |
| 16 | Karate has quite a high drop-out rate because of the hard work involved and the constant repetition of techniques . |
| 17 | I 'm told that Brian Summers put up some money to get the company started and now has quite a significant slice of the Supersight action . ’ |
| 18 | what it does to our economy , whether people can afford this that and the other , but surely it has quite a considerable social impact on people 's lives being unemployed ? |
| 19 | Vargas Llosa has quite a few fine novels behind him but this is the most directly political . |
| 20 | Isobel has quite a few ah mm picture book . |
| 21 | No other , not even Previn 's splendid LSO/RCA version ( 3/91 ) , has quite the same degree of haunting evocation in the slow movement , with its passionately expensive climax . |
| 22 | No other orchestral sound has quite the same feeling as of ‘ magic casements opening … ’ |
| 23 | No other historical transformation has quite the same clear-cut and definite character . |
| 24 | No other calamity has quite the shattering effects on personality and behaviour as the experience of acute hunger . |
| 25 | For its size , Penge has quite an imposing Town Hall , erected in Anerley Road , between the station and the aforementioned school , in 1879 . |
| 26 | This scale has quite an unusual sound and takes a little getting used to . |